AP is reporting: A man accused of stealing the medical records of more than 1.5 million patients from the University of Utah’s hospital and clinics will spend one year in jail. Shadd D. Hartman pleaded guilty in December to misdemeanor charges of theft by receiving stolen property and attempted possession of another’s identification documents. Read…
Category: Theft
TX: Laptop theft at Parkland Memorial Hospital could imperil employee information
Sherry Jacobson reports: A laptop computer that may have contained the names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of 9,300 employees of Parkland Memorial Hospital was stolen last week, hospital officials acknowledged Monday. The laptop, valued at $1,862 and stolen Feb. 3, contained no information related to Parkland patients, the officials stressed. And while it was…
OH: Thief Steals Patient Records; Hospital Investigates
Donna Willis reports: Nearly two dozen medical records were stolen from a doctor’s car. Parents questioned why the records were taken from the hospital in the first place. NBC 4’s Lauren Diedrich GOT ANSWERS. Diedrich went to Nationwide Children’s Hospital to find out how the incident happened, and the hospital said it was working to…
UK: Data theft: More records missing
Council bosses have revealed eight computer hard drives, which could contain personal and financial information about residents, are still missing. Officials at Charnwood Borough Council say the devices are part of the same batch as one stolen by a former employee and sold on an internet auction site. They remain unaccounted for. That hard drive,…
CA: Personal Info On 1,000s Of Kaiser Employees Stolen
CBS reports: Thousands of northern California Kaiser employees are being notified that their personal information including social security numbers was stolen from the company. Kaiser has set-up a Employee Security Support Line for the 29,500 employees whose information was stolen to handle the situation. A recorded message on the line says that the stolen information…
2 hospital employees allegedly steal from patient, 79
Kelly Green reports: A 79-year-old woman was the victim of credit card and check theft by two hospital employees in separate incidents during her stay in a Scottsdale hospital, police said. The victim was receiving treatment for a heart condition at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea in December 2008 when the two employees allegedly stole credit cards…